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Wheel of Fortune

A 78-card digital tarot drawn in the tones of nacre and dancheong.

Wheel of Fortune

Change, cycles, destiny, turning point, luck.

Keywords · Upright

  • change
  • cycles
  • destiny
  • turning point
  • luck

Keywords · Reversed

  • resistance to change
  • bad luck
  • repeating cycles
  • setbacks
  • clinging

Resistance to change, bad luck, repeating cycles, setbacks, clinging.

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How this deck reads it

A great wheel with twelve spokes turns amid the clouds, and the sphinx at the top, the serpent sliding down on the left, and the dark jackal on the right each take a share of a single cycle's rise and fall. The angel, eagle, ox, and lion at the four corners are placed like fixed coordinates that do not waver even as the wheel turns, layering change and constancy on a single plane. The luster of mother-of-pearl inlaid with gold and pearl reflects light differently on each rotating surface, reinforcing the sense of circulation.

The figures of the four directions, distinguished by the colors of dancheong, each symbolize a different phase but reside within the same frame. The composition invites seeing one's place upon the flow rather than trying to seize the flow.

Artwork

Above the clouds a wheel of twelve spokes made of gold and nacre turns, with a sphinx holding a sword seated at the top, a snake sliding down on the left, and a dark jackal figure attached on the right. In the four corners are placed an angel holding a book, an eagle, a bull, and a lion.

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